BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Hague Humanity Hub - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Hague Humanity Hub X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.humanityhub.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Hague Humanity Hub REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200602T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200602T150000 DTSTAMP:20240319T032107 CREATED:20200602T124011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T124013Z UID:12902-1591106400-1591110000@www.humanityhub.net SUMMARY:Webinar: Securing Public Trust and Social Cohesion Amid COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:The Role of Access to Trusted and Reliable Information\nBackground \nThe COVID-19 pandemic presents heightened risks for societies with low levels of social cohesion and a lack of trust between citizens and the state. The accompanying ‘infodemic’ makes matters worse by spreading harmful information that not only undermines health responses but also tears at the social fabric. In addition\, pre-existing suspicion of health authorities and aid actors in many countries adds to the danger. These factors drastically increase the likelihood of violence\, witnessed already in surging numbers at the household level\, and widely feared and predicted to come at the community level. \nHowever\, experience responding to the Ebola epidemics in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo has shown that ensuring a constructive exchange of information and healthy collaboration between communities\, authorities\, and responders can play a crucial role in enabling an effective response and preventing violence. \nIn this webinar\, two peacebuilding experts from Mercy Corps will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing threats to social cohesion in fragile contexts\, and how we can make the international response more effective while preventing violent conflict. \nObjectives \nRaise awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on public trust and social cohesion in fragile contexts\nShare good practices of countering misinformation and strengthening community engagement to improve social cohesion amid an epidemic\nHear experiences and good practices from the broader SRoL community\nFormat & Speaker \nEmma Whitaker\, Peace & Conflict Advisor\, Mercy Corps \nDanjuma Dawop\, Head of Conflict Management and Social Cohesion\, Mercy Corps Iraq \nQ&A \nModerated by Megan Price\, Head of Office\, KPSRL \nRegistration \nRegistration is mandatory to attend this event. URL:https://www.humanityhub.net/calendar/webinar-securing-public-trust-and-social-cohesion-amid-covid-19/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR